The accused were nabbed during raids conducted at 35 locations in Ernakulam
The UN’s migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people – many of them educated English speakers – to work in online scam centres, and the caseload is growing. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says victims are often lured by fake job advertisements – mostly through social media – promising work abroad, only to get locked up, have their identity documents seized, and be forced through violence, threats and “debt bondage”...
IOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media.
With the latest FIRs, the total number of criminal cases against the accused has risen to five
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledged to step up a crackdown on transnational online scam networks, but warned the criminal syndicates were adapting by fracturing into smaller, decentralised cells across the region. Authorities had already shut down more than 670 illegal scam operations while expanding intelligence sharing with key international law enforcement partners, he said, including during a visit this week with US Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel. “We will make...
Submitting the annual report for 2025, Ake Ravi Krishna briefs Pawan Kalyan about action being taken against cyber criminals resorting to social media abuse, especially targeting women with indecent posts